Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

• ✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
• ✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
• ✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 3083089221

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

b2bdb2d8d4cd834991078cf5018c55946e4c5a1419320bb213d040b5b4bdb132

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

gJOPwXdtiL8Ew5utO3VBFlJW8bz8PjLyW8kqYSFk4gKfKxsD7XWFduq6YEBLxCn2PTS99t1f0Yfm5eo5114zDg==

Merkle root

8286585306e2f6535f24bc74a0e420351a30ee784970721b6abc81509589dea1

Merkle path

["b2bf3b9519a7d616bb9ade92c87899abc9bb40205ffaecdeff28ceb6b8f72062","58a27706add052059cab4048e7f269a0088d77a363eb09b273f855814403cefd","f989b166374b172162436dfa406641921cd5886e91d067e369a8310943c5fcf8","97bddb72c1a2bbb9c964eb1484132573609a3ab884805f3890c4d3ea086428fa","74048d6b36272877ce4a9d5059dc0a3b5611920e2c9ee21423859cf0897f4350","c2352a2477868876271b56a559a5aa29f645ebf635d7c4575f2598a7cb136850","348963086f35d45aa85bf6464516d996d1ac123dbbc744ae3109793a98425427","46bb0e82d255710fe357540f866fd278f6cd5b970c265fae546b9e5b7f14d7ed","5e91f4a55f1f3f4da08c8082a8208301cf5dfde6903467a871401904cbf9ab2c","f44169288957885b1d29f2107aa8025a20741489e76db14e4a85cea519c611c0","65e3e49c881e0d959defd1fa8848ebf713247335b61070f23c8751ff8a19a218","2d19aff3eb5fb952ca96d7772757e2fab4b732aae11758bdb7163ac784a7c8f3","11f219a69f35362bbbe606622d1eab4c49bea91c33b6112a6050df639f63eb74","14920bc06e2dba53d42b029d731ec2f186aec4ddbb7876a557af3101b601f550","9d207bb1c21ea0ead25a7a9399810567acc6ac0b2f8564a35532517a2435432b"]

Anchored

2026-10-05

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3083089221 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac51b…

Expected log hash

74b336b309bcff3112628e1f4c16da8950920df5b515dca6ef51f80bb0b0d24a The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.

Canonical record

{"dataset_version":"v1791179522617","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:lohnsteuer-kompakt","quote":"Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-17","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/de/app/id1586330607?see-all=reviews","v":1}

Verify in the public log

1. Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
2. In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (8286585306e2…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
3. Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
4. The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
5. Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.